SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The No. 3 Augustana baseball team (28-2, 14-2 NSIC) continued its winning ways on Wednesday at Karras Park with a 6-1 victory over Mayville State (19-8). Augustana used strong pitching, timely hitting and solid defense to pick up its 28th win of 2018.

Tanner Brown made his first collegiate start for the Vikings on Wednesday and went a career-best 3+ innings allowing one run on two hits with one walk and five strikeouts. Brown's only blemish came against the second batter of the game when Jonathan Pluth hit a home run to left, giving the Comets a 1-0 lead.

The Vikings would tie the game up in the fourth as Michael Svozil would score on a Jordan Barth sacrifice fly. The Vikings would take the lead in the fifth on Lucas Wylie's fourth home run of the season. Barth would add a RBI single in the sixth to give the Vikings a 3-1 lead through six.

The Vikings added three runs in the eighth to seal the victory. Sam Baier recorded a two-RBI double and Barth picked up his third RBI on the day with a groundout to score Baier. The Vikings won the game 6-1.

Dalton Allen (3-0) picked up the win for Augustana after he relieved Brown in the fourth. Allen went two innings, allowing no runs on one hit and one walk with two strikeouts. Austin Orvis, Jonas Lovin, Derek Dahlke and Zach Reeg each threw a scoreless inning of relief. The Augustana bullpen went six innings, giving up no runs on three hits, while walking two and striking out five, lowering the team's season ERA to 2.24.

Offensively, Johnson, Svozil and Wylie each recorded two hits on the day. Barth led the way with three RBI and Wylie notched two. Wylie has hit the last four Viking home runs this season.

Weather has forced a change in the Vikings weekend schedule as they will now only play a single doubleheader against Concordia-St. Paul. The Vikings and Golden Bears will play at Karras Park on Friday, April 13 at 12:30 p.m.